Apollinaire
The Flaneur
Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine. Guillaume loved poorly. Wrote well. He invented the word surrealism. And lived it.
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Era
Life and journey
Guillaume was the first to see modernity. surrealism and war.
Their thought
The new spirit. tradition and avant-garde. melancholic planes.
What they leave us
freed poetry from punctuation. sad joy.
Major works
Alcools (1913).
Calligrammes (1918).
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7 quotes
“Il est grand temps de rallumer les étoiles.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“It's high time to relight the stars.”
— Les Mamelles de Tirésias
“Passent les jours et passent les semaines, Ni temps passé, Ni les amours reviennent.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Days pass and weeks pass, neither time past, nor love returns.”
— Le Pont Mirabeau
“Mon verre est plein d'un vin trembleur comme une flamme.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“My glass is full of a wine trembling like a flame.”
— Alcools
“Je suis ivre d'avoir bu tout l'univers.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“I am drunk from having drunk the whole universe.”
— Alcools
“Passent les jours et passent les semaines.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Days go by and weeks pass.”
— Inconnu
“Mon verre est plein d'un vin trembleur.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“My glass is full of a trembling wine.”
— Inconnu
